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MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

Brain-damaged man wins new trial in 1987 killing

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s second-highest court on Monday ordered a new trial for a brain-damaged man serving life in prison for killing his former wife’s grandmother, ruling that prosecutors suppressed evidence two decades ago that may have supported his alibi that he was home …